On November 28, 2017 Impunity Watch presented the report “Leadership and participation of women in justice of Guatemala” in the Judicial Palace to an audience of 70 people including judges, magistrates, public officers, members of women and human rights organizations, and reporters. The magistrate José Antonio Pineda Barales, president of the Judicial Body and the Supreme Court of Justice opened the event. Dr. Olga Alicia Paz, coordinator of the gender program at Impunity Watch presented the main findings and recommendations of the report. The magistrate Maria Eugenia Morales Aceña, responsible of the commission of the hundred regulations of Brasilia regarding access to justice in the Supreme Court, commented on the report, highlighting the contributions of the report for women and justice in Guatemala. The judge Leonora Cordón shared her thoughts on being a woman in the judicial body. The representative of the Office of the High Comissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala Liliana Valiña spoke of the participation of women in leadership positions from the perspective of human rights. The representative of UN Women in Guatemala Adriana Quiñones closed the event highlighting the importance of women occupying leadership roles in Guatemalan justice. The magistrate Delia Dávila also participated in the main table.

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